The Bimble Inn

[ian the worm]

The bars make an absolute fortune. Especially the nicely ran ones. Just like the outside world.

[londonlax]

Did the Bimble Inn used to be of the other side of the festival? Over behind the Field of Avalon where the Tipi field used to be?

[medzy]

Regarding the walking in and out of bars I am with Thearg on this one. I have never been bothered once in ten years going to Glastonbury with a can or pint in hand to a bar by security. I think most secuirty are happy aslong as they see you aren't drunk, causing a nuisance etc they are happy. I always buy a round or a mate does when we enter a bar so if Glasto-worker says we should be turned away then that bar won't do as well as the other bars on site because I won't go back there again over the weekend and it is highly likely others would feel the same way. In my opinion the vibe is still there

[1mills]

From memory can't really remember drinking our own beers in the Bimble Inn.

Think we tend to get a pint in the bars we are in, with our own beers used for when we are out and about.

There are a few bars though at Glastonbury, where we have been told to leave for having our own beers open (even as we walked in). We even got grief one day, when one of our group of 9 was skint so had poured his own car into an empty pint glass (to be discrete for others in there), although we were all buying from the bar the security guard made a point of coming over and making him go outside to finish his drink :/

[glasto-worker]

The bars make an absolute fortune. Especially the nicely ran ones. Just like the outside world.

[glasto-worker]

There are a few bars though at Glastonbury, where we have been told to leave for having our own beers open (even as we walked in). We even got grief one day, when one of our group of 9 was skint so had poured his own car into an empty pint glass (to be discrete for others in there), although we were all buying from the bar the security guard made a point of coming over and making him go outside to finish his drink :/

[ltfckimbo]

Guess I must have been lucky, because often one or more of my group will wander into bars with cans as a matter of course at glasto, obviously the majority would be buying from there otherwise we wouldn't go in. I've never even picked up so much as a vibe that the bar staff or security give a shiny wet shit, always just seen it as part of the glasto spirit.

[Anderson19]

Im sure i read the other day on here that Bimble Inn is in the Park but i couldnt picture it for the life of me and now in the poster it comes under other. Not other stage of course but elsewhere.

[Glastonlocal]

Im sure i read the other day on here that Bimble Inn is in the Park but i couldnt picture it for the life of me and now in the poster it comes under other. Not other stage of course but elsewhere.

[Anderson19]

No idea how i missed that, spent a great deal of time in the park in 2011 mainly around stonebridge bar, will definitely be checking that out this year.

[ian the worm]

well I will be interested in your figures - I take it you have them all to hand

If we look back a few years - lets say from the year 2000 to 2011 there has been ten events

in which years did the WBC at Glastonbury make a Trading Profit ?

in which years did the WBC at Glastonbury make a Trading Loss ?

[glasto-worker]

I don't have the WBC figures to hand and nor do I don't care about them.

I only know about the independent bars that I've worked at over the years at Glasto and other public events where a large fortune is taken and a small fortune is made.

[ian the worm]

over the past few yeas GFL has increased their license fee four fold so there comes a point where even in perfect conditions no bar operator will have a chance to make a net profit.

[tevaburger]

I like it here. I saw Lou Rhodes there in 2010, caught the end of her set. Then stayed to watch a guy called John SMith, just him and his guitar, a very talented man indeed.

They serve a bloody lovely g&t too

[ian the worm]

One small (4 servers) festival bar I worked in took £40k for each 6 hour shift. Over that weekend, enough profit was made to to keep the local pub going for the next year by acting as a wage for the landlords.

[mrpman]

over the past few yeas GFL has increased their license fee four fold so there comes a point where even in perfect conditions no bar operator will have a chance to make a net profit.

[rexclark]

Buzz Killington strikes again.

[glasto-worker]

So how far off would the bars be away from never breaking even? I know it's different for different bars/positions etc but I'd be interested to know.

I'd assume the "rent" goes up every year slightly?

[Bonedaddy]

Every time you buy a drink at a WBC Bar some of the money you hand over ends up at the many charities they support - a full list { as accurate as I can make it }

http://www.wbc-team.co.uk/wbc-official-teams-5.html

[LondonTom]

The WBC might turn a profit if it didn't just sell Tuborg and Gaymers (But I guess this isn't in their control which seems weird).

I pay for decent drinks at Glasto, but overpriced Turborg/Gaymers when I can have something of my choosing from a can, its not going happen!

[jameshunt]

The WBC might turn a profit if it didn't just sell Tuborg and Gaymers (But I guess this isn't in their control which seems weird).

I pay for decent drinks at Glasto, but overpriced Turborg/Gaymers when I can have something of my choosing from a can, its not going happen!

[Slugworth]

From reading this i know that if i need some sleep all i have to do is find Glasto-worker. Boring-hell.

I do admire your passion for figures though.

[olive123]

Soooooooo The Bimble Inn then..........?

[Neville Street]

Bimble Inn - absolutely the best bar on site, probably. I quite like the Cornish Arms though, hope that's there. And of course the Real Ale bar in the Accoustic Field, still great, but not quite as good as when it was on the other side of that same field.

All of these places are better than the desk I am currently sat at

[Crawl For The Moon]

Is it just me or does anyone else find that the bar staff serving in there are always pissed as newts?

Great bar though, some decent bands seen in there before.